Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-07

THE DEFENSE ENDS. 81.
Aronsdorrs Counsel Examines the Last Of
the Witnesses In His Observation-Disclosures
In Rebuttal W A Prominent Witness for
the State Deals u Death-BlOw to the
Abb Theory.
Sioux Cry, Ia, Nov 30 The Arensdorf
trial dragged slowly yesterday morning,
only six witnesses being examined Adolph
Neppel testified that in buying Mrs Bis
marck's house John Arensdorf had merely
acted as his agent, he Mepper) not being on
good terms with the Bismnrcks. Will
lam Hiles swore to the good character
Of Arensdort and to the bad character
Of Leavitt Lee Longworthy, q new wit
ness, formerly the night clerk Of the Mad
ison House, on Third street, swore that on
the night Of the murder, shortly after
the shot was fred, Paul Leader
md another man came around the
corner of Water and Third streets.
and went east past the Madison
toward the Milwaukee house This sup
ports Leaders, evidence and contradicts
Bismarck's. Juhl, the Dane, says it was not
Arensdorf. but Leavltt, who fred the shot
Sioux CRY, Ia, Nov: 3O-very important
and seemingly reliable evidence was given
In the Arensdorf case yesterday morning,
all tending to establish an alibi Rob-
ert Buchanan, small boy, who was
early at the scene of the murder, and
who was sent for tie doctor, swore that
Arensdorf, with whom he was we'll acquaint-
ed, was not In the crowd that went west
from Junks saloon, but that Leavitt was
Lewis Hagenois, now Of Milwaukee, former
~ cook at the Shepherd restaurant here,
testified that on the night OF the murder
Arensdorf goo supper about $50 o'clock
In the restaurant Afterward he and
Arensdorf shook dice for the drinks at
the bar in front of the restaurant
Carson, proprietor of the Cataract House,
Sioux Falls, ate supper at the restau-
rant He was looking for q cook and had
his eye on Hagenois, and when Carson fin
ished supper he walked into the saloon.
He saw Hagenois and o man shaking
dice. He watched them to find what
sort of company his prospective cook
kept Carson passed out and had just
st; pped onto the walk when the shot was
fired He can not state definitely who it
was that was shaking dice with Hagenois,
but says it was a man OF the same build as
Arensdorf and dressed like he was that night
Sioux CITY, Ia Nov. 3O-In the Arensdorf
trial on Tuesday Fritz Folger, never before
on the stand in this case, the man charged
by Bismarck with having bought him q
ticket to San Francisco and given him
500 of Arensdorf's money, denied
under oath all these transactions
Sylvester Granda, whom Bismarck alleges
was his compatriot then took the stand
He denied in the main Bismarck's story, yet
acknowledged that overtures had been made
to him to whip Haddock. He claimed to
have refused to do the job and that he was
at home when the murder occurred.
Sioux CITY, Ia, Dec. John Arensdort,
who ID on trial here for the murder of
Rev. Mr.. H:ddock, took the witness stand
In his own defense Wednesday after
noon. He testified that he did not see the
crowd Of men who were looking for
Haddock, including Thieber, Platt. Leavitt,
and Peters, except for few minutes in
Junk's saloon; that they went out before
he did, and that he did, not know where
they went, and that he went from Junk's
across the street to the Sheppard saloon,
and thence to the English Kitchen" His
former testimony was to the effect that he
went directly from Junk's to the ''Kitch-
en-" Arensdorf further testified that while
at Sherman's place, the Kitchen" he heard
talk of some one having been shot down on
Water street, and having gone there learned
for the first time of Haddock's murder.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 2-The defense In
the Haddock murder case rested yester-
day morning Immediately after the cross
examination of John Arensdorf The de-
PENDANT, in explaining the differences be-
tween his alibi testimony in this trial and
that in his first trial, said that he had
forgotten much. The State began its re-
butting testimony. E. BradenLurg swore
that about ten days before the murder Of
Hsddock, Arensdorf, the defendant, said
that he would head a mob at any time to
drive out the Prohibi,ionists
Sioux CITY, Ia, Dec I'm the Arensdorf
trial on Thursday Six Witnesses from Month
cello, Ia, sworo that the general moral char
acter of Mrs Potter, one of the witnesses for
the d fense was bad g. II. Cummings testi-
fed that J. H. Taylor told him that Arens-
dorf had left the Shepherd saloon the night
Of the murder in plenty Of time to go to
Junk's saloon and to get to the place where
Mr. Haddock was murdered Taylor is the
witness who testified that Arensdorf was in
the Shepherd saloon at about the time of
the murder
one of the most important in the trial Of
John Arensdorf for the murder of Rev.
George G. Haddock. large number of
witnesses were examined, contradicting
and Impending the main witnesses for
the defense The climax was reached
when Hon Byron Webster, of Dubuque,
United States revenue collector, took the
stand and ties fled that from about
10 O'Clock till the fatal shot was fred ON
the night of the murder he was in the
Shepherd saloon and restaurant; that he got
his supper there, and that Arensdorf was
not there. The evidence was positive The
Importance of this evidence consists In the
fact thai the Shepherd sa;oon is the place
where Arensdorf located himself at the mo-
ment of the murder, and for some time be-
fore, and is the vital point Of the alibi
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS.
Six Men Badly Burned and tho Derrick